Company's plan to clean up carcinogen near Bartram's Garden trail faces skepticism from community

Company's plan to clean up carcinogen near Bartram's Garden trail faces skepticism from community

A portion of a Bartram's Garden trail has been shut down for nearly a year due to the presence of hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen. The state's Department of Environmental Protection will soon make a decision on a cleanup plan, but some community members are skeptical it will remediate the contamination at Southwest Philly site.

EPA awards $6M to clean up Washington communities

In Tacoma, the money will support cleanup of the Former NTR Logistics property at One Sitcum Plaza, which the port acquired in 2023 to support redevelopment along the Thea Foss Waterway.